During our long growing season, I get calls about caterpillars in trees and what to do about them. Caterpillars, the larvae of moths and butterflies, use tree leaves as a source of food. In turn, many ...

You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply tolerate ...

They're nature's "literal" party poopers, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. And this spring, the spongy moth has reared its hungry caterpillar head, chomping through the ...

The diverse mix of tree species in North America’s rugged Border Lakes region, which extends from northern Minnesota into northwestern Ontario, has shielded it from severe outbreaks of forest tent ...

An invasive caterpillar species is posing a serious threat to a cherished native moth, even though the two never directly compete for food, according to new research from ecologists at the University ...

An insect that can be hazardous to human health is spreading across southeast England. Caterpillars of the oak processionary moth are becoming more common as rising temperatures help them to spread to ...

I recently heard a lecture by Jim McCormac, a biologist with the Ohio DNR. He argued that caterpillars, forest birds, and trees were dependent upon each other for survival. Each spring, deciduous ...

Paper birch, though, is so much more. According to the National Park Service, there is evidence of the trees being used by ...